The Symbolic Probabilistic Inference (SPI) Algorithm [D'Ambrosio, 19891 provides an efficient framework for resolving general queries on a belief network. It applies the conc...
Ross D. Shachter, Bruce D'Ambrosio, Brendan Del Fa...
Traditionally, only “individual-independent” facts are inputted to a reasoner. The reasoner will produce the same answer to the same question, regardless of who the questioner...
This paper puts forward a normative framework for computational societies which enables the handling of incomplete knowledge about normative relations. In particular, attempts to p...
We explore a rule-based formalisation for contracts: the rules capture conditional norms, that is, they describe situations arising during the enactment of a multi-agent system, an...
Trust and reputation measures are crucial in distributed open systems where agents need to decide whom or what to choose. Existing work has mainly focused on the reputation of sing...